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CIMS -- Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now
The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CIMS) invites you to the talk 'Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now' by Global...
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Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)
Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website
This event is a multi-media celebration of Middle Eastern art in honour of Catherine Cobham (former Head of the Arabic and Persian Department). Renowned Syrian...
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An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger
Eva Reisinger will read from her books "Was geht Österreich" and "Männer töten", for which she was nominated for the Austrian Debut...
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An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger
Eva Reisinger will read from her books "Was geht Österreich" and "Männer töten", for which she was nominated for the Austrian Debut...
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Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: Poetry Reading
Poets from Scotland and England who identify with the Hong Kong Chinese British diaspora read their poems. The poets Tim Tim Cheng, Anna Cheung, Sean Wai Keung,...
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Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: The New Diaspora
Over the past ten years a growing number of writers and artists from Hong Kong have established themselves in Scotland and elsewhere in the global Hong Kong...
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Menstruation Matters: Fighting Stigma in Scotland Today (Bettina Bildhauer)
Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website
At least half of the world's population experience menstruation and the menopause at some stage in their lives, and yet we hardly ever speak about it....
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Ukraine Energy in the Spotlight Revisited: Nuclear Worlds
Join us online or in-person on October, 26, 5 pm (UK time) for an exciting discussion on the latest updates on Ukrainian nuclear energy. We will focus on the...
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Saints Talk: Professor Julia Prest
Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre - Then and Now
Development are delighted to invite you to the next instalment in our Saints Talk series from Professor Julia Prest, 'Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre...
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Ecuadorian cinema for the 21st century: Dr Fernanda Miño
Book launch and screening of Ratas, Ratones, Rateros (Sebastian Cordero, 1999)
Associate Lecturer in Film Studies, Dr Fernanda Miño, will be introducing her upcoming book Ecuadorian Cinema for the 21st Century. The first major English...
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Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight -- Electric Networks
Electricity, like air, is something we notice when it disappears. In 2022 Ukrainians faced an acute energy deficiency, in everyday life, at work, and public...
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Byre World: Kaili Blues
Join Dr Keru Cai for a screening of the 2015 film Kaili Blues, which brought international acclaim to the young Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan. Hailing from the...
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Medium Format: Soil Photography, Ecological Mosaics, Dispossession
Dr William Schaefer - Associate Professor in Chinese Studies and Visual Culture, Durham University.
Wang Youshen's installation Mei pingmi (Per square meter) (2014) reconfigures urban ecosystems: Wang juxtaposes fragments of drywall from his repeatedly...
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Smog (1962): the critical geographies of Italian migration
Film Studies Speaker Series: Dr Shelleen Greene
In 1962, Smog, an Italian-American co-production directed by Franco Rossi, debuted at the Venice Film Festival. The film was the opening screening of the 23rd...
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Film screening: The Earth Holds Me
A documentary by Sara Manisera and Arianna Pagani
As part of the School of Modern Languages Writers in Residence programme, we will be screening the documentary The Earth Holds Me (La terra mi tiene) followed...
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Byre World: When there's love inside
Join Senior Lecturer of the School of Modern Languages, Orhan Elmaz on Valentine's Day for a literary conversation about everything the heart may (or may...
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Workshop -- Decolonize Narrative: Words and Images to Break Stereotypes
a multimedia workshop for students by Sara Manisera and Arianna Pagani
Decolonize Narrative: Words and Images to Break Stereotypes. This multimedia journalism lab will immerse participants in the dynamic intersection of words and...
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Public Conversation on the Black Archive in Italian Studies
Join the Department of Italian for a public conversation with Professor Shelleen Greene, associate professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the UCLA School of...
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Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- The Energy of Water
Join the Centre for Energy Ethics for the next seminar of Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited. This session will be dedicated to the story of the...
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Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅
A performance of lion and dragon dancers to usher in the lunar New Year
Edinburgh's Yee's Hung Ga Kung Fu Academy will perform lion and dragon dances in St Mary's Quad to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New...
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Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅
A performance of lion and dragon dancers to usher in the lunar New Year
Edinburgh's Yee's Hung Ga Kung Fu Academy will perform lion and dragon dances in St Salvator's Quad to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar...
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Prosthetic Performances: Technologies of the Black Mutative Body
CIMS seminar with Global Fellow Professor Shelleen Greene (UCLA)
The Cultural Identity and Memory Institute (CIMS) welcomes everyone to join the research seminar by Global Fellow Professor Shelleen Greene (UCLA) on...
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Memory, Narrative and Ecology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Dr Avishek Parui (IIT Madras)
The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Insititute (CIMS) invites everyone to join this seminar by Dr Avishek Parui (IIT Madras) on 'Memory, Narrative,...
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Inaugural Lecture by Professor Gregory Lee
Contributions to Global Thinking from the Space we have imagined as China
Professor Lee will address the thinking of the philosopher Zhuangzi who was active in a part of the territory we now call China during the late 4th century BCE,...
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Attending to the local in a global emergency: translation as a lens on climate crisis
CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Professor Şebnem Susam-Saraeva (The University of Edinburgh)
As one of the most global conversations in history, climate crisis discourse is intrinsically dependent on and intertwined with 'translation': from...
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CIMS PG Training Session in the Environmental Humanities
Professor Michele Monserrati (Smith College)
All postgraduate research and postgraduate taught students are invited to attend the CIMS PG Training Session in Environmental Humanities with Professor Michele...
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The Grapes of Desire: Fascist Agricultural Projects in Libya
CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Professor Michele Monserrati (Smith College)
The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Insititute (CIMS) invites everyone to join this seminar by Professor Michele Monserrati (Smith College) on 'The...
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Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- What to do with Depletion and Energy Dependency?
Join the us online and in-person for our final seminar of Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited. During our final session we will look at the future of the...
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Poetry in translation: On Yellow Evenings
Byre World event: free but please book
Jordi Larios, a Catalan poet, translator and Professor of Spanish at St Andrews, will be in conversation about the making of On Yellow Evenings, his latest book...
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Read my mind: facial recognition technologies and contemporary Chinese art
Margaret Hillebrand, Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Wadham College, will lecture on her current...
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Gleaning, Fragmentation and Environmental Writing
CIMS Seminar in Environmental Humanities by Professor Timothy C Baker (Aberdeen)
The Cultural Identity and Memory Insititute welcomes everyone to join this seminar by Professor Timothy C Baker (Aberdeen) on 'Gleaning, Fragmentation,...
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Energised Ukraine: Art in Precarious Times
Byre World event: free but please book
What is energy? Is it something that we remember only at moments when we think it might disappear completely? During this talk, hosted by Viktoriia Grivina,...